A Lesson Plan
Instructor: Wang Zhenlong
Date and Time: 5th period, March 8, 2004
Audience: Class 5, Senior 1
Lesson Topic: Unit 13 Healthy eating-----Integrating Skills
Objectives: 1. Learn some useful cooking terms
2. Read and write recipes
Teaching facilities: Bb, Multiple Media
Teaching Steps:
1. Greetings and Duty report
2. Lead-in Presentation
Show the class pictures of Shaomai dumplings and a famous restaurant---Du Yi Chu in Beijing.
3. Pair work----Reading to learn the format of a recipe
Ss read the two recipes on P.7 in pairs and discuss the two questions. Then ask class for answers. Ss come to the conclusion that a recipe is generally made up of three parts---Dish name, Ingredients and Directions.
4. Pair work----Reading to understand the details
T helps understand the two recipes and lists cooking terms
Ingredients Instructions
Pork, green onion, beans, skins/ wrapper ; bacon, lettuce, … chopped, cut into pieces, mix/toss, fill, fold, steam, boiling; fry, chop, add, spoon, roll up, …
5. Individual work----Reading the Tips on How to write a recipe
Ss read the TIPs quickly. Then compare the Tips with the recipes above. Ss are asked to answer a question, “What is wrong with the recipes above?” Ss are expected to know the Ingredients above are not measured at all.
Next, Ss try to gather more cooking terms in this passage and add to the list..
Ingredients Instructions
Food stuff Amount chopped, cut into pieces, mix, fill, fold, steam, boiling; fry, chop, add, spoon, roll up, peel, slice, dice, stir, add, mix…
pork, green onion, beans, skins; bacon, lettuce, … a spoonful, a cup, a pound, …
6. Group work---TPR practice
Divide the class into groups of 4. Appoint a Chef leader for each group. The leader gives orders to each of the other chefs. The other chef will act and say what he is doing. Give Ss an example before they start. Then invite three groups to act in the front. The purpose of this activity is to understand and use the important cooking terms below.
chopped, cut into pieces, mix, fill, fold, steam, boiling; fry, chop, add, spoon, roll up, peel, slice, dice, stir, add, mix…
7. Group work----Writing recipes in English
a) Ss are divided into groups of four. They are asked to COOK an easy dish.
b) Tell students some rules before starting a writing competition.
T states the rules for Contest
fast---only the first 3 groups will enter the final contest!
group will be the final winner.
es are from each row in this room.
And the rules for Best Recipe:
(1)Beautiful name
(2) Easy to understand
(3) Clean and tidy handwriting
8. Presentation and Accessment
1) Invite the first three group presenters to the front and show the class their recipes.
2) The first boy or girl in each row will act as a judge. Grade each group with 1, 2, or 3 points.
3) The grading decides which group is today’s winner.
9. Summary
Homework:
1. Our foreign teacher Ira Perelson asked how to boil the rice dumplings ready-made by Daoxiangcun Food Company. Please do a research and write a short instruction for him in English.
2. Think about how to explain some Chinese cooking terms like 煎、炒、烹、炸、蒸、煮、涮、溜、炖、煨、烤、烧、汆、烙…
